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Getting compensation for tech glitches could be a tough task for investors

Getting compensation for tech glitches could be a tough task for investors

Rediff.com4 Mar 2021

Lawyers say compensation may be an uphill task for investors because of a lack of judicial precedent and broader institutional difficulties.

The Best Weapon To Deal With China Is...

The Best Weapon To Deal With China Is...

Rediff.com19 Aug 2022

If you are serious about countering the Chinese threat, then the best weapon is investing in real freedom, plurality, elections and democracy. Unfortunately, it isn't an approach all Indians currently seem to agree on, asserts Shyam G Menon.

Peace with Pak will give India direct access to Central Asia: Imran

Peace with Pak will give India direct access to Central Asia: Imran

Rediff.com17 Mar 2021

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said India will be benefitted economically by having peace with his country as it will enable New Delhi to directly access the resource-rich Central Asia region through Pakistani territory.

Karvy declared defaulter by NSE for misuse of clients' securities

Karvy declared defaulter by NSE for misuse of clients' securities

Rediff.com25 Nov 2020

The total default is said to be in excess of Rs 3,000 crore - making this the largest default by a broker.

Piramal group gets RBI nod for DHFL acquisition

Piramal group gets RBI nod for DHFL acquisition

Rediff.com18 Feb 2021

Piramal Group on Thursday said the Reserve Bank is understood to have cleared the resolution plan for debt-ridden DHFL as approved by the Committee of Creditors (CoC). The CoC had approved a resolution plan submitted by a Piramal Group company, Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Limited, last month. "We understand that the RBI has approved the DHFL resolution plan from Piramal Capital and Housing Finance, submitted by the CoC," Piramal Group said in a statement. The resolution plan was approved by the CoC in its 18th meeting concluded on January 15, 2021.

'There is space for a brand like Vistara'

'There is space for a brand like Vistara'

Rediff.com17 Aug 2022

'I am seven months into the job, but it feels like seven years.'

CII explains how keeping out of RCEP will 'harm' India

CII explains how keeping out of RCEP will 'harm' India

Rediff.com3 Nov 2019

According to the industry body, the 16-member RCEP has the potential to become one of the largest and economically dynamic trading blocs of the world, even bigger than the European Union.

Coronavirus: NZC providing regular updates to all including IPL-bound players

Coronavirus: NZC providing regular updates to all including IPL-bound players

Rediff.com5 Mar 2020

In India, 29 positive cases have been reported so far, including 16 Italian tourists. New Zealand Cricket said that the cricket board is in constant touch with the country's health, foreign affairs and sports ministry to get regular updates which will ensure health safety for its players.

Can't accept Amazon offer until legally viable: Future's ind directors

Can't accept Amazon offer until legally viable: Future's ind directors

Rediff.com24 Jan 2022

Future Retail's independent directors had last week asked Amazon if it was willing to give a long-term loan to avoid default on repayment of Rs 3,500 crore loan due on January 29. Amazon replied to that saying it was willing to financially assist Future Retail through the Samara Capital deal but the retailer must shelve Rs 24,713 crore deal with the Reliance group.

Pending probe, NSE sets aside Rs 4K-crore co-location revenue

Pending probe, NSE sets aside Rs 4K-crore co-location revenue

Rediff.com10 Aug 2020

The market watchdog had directed that pending completion of the probe, revenues from the co-location facility - starting September 2016 - be transferred to a separate bank account.

SEBI action against high return schemes

SEBI action against high return schemes

Rediff.com20 Sep 2018

Delhi brokers under SEBI's glare for drawing investors through ads promising unrealistic returns.

ITC chairman Y C Deveshwar passes away

ITC chairman Y C Deveshwar passes away

Rediff.com11 May 2019

His vision drove ITC to pursue business models that today support over 6 million livelihoods, many amongst the weakest in society.

The Importance Of Nancy Pelosi

The Importance Of Nancy Pelosi

Rediff.com3 Aug 2022

Nancy Pelosi's gritty refusal to backtrack on her plans to visit Taiwan is part of who she is.

New margin norms are bad news for traditional brokers

New margin norms are bad news for traditional brokers

Rediff.com7 Sep 2020

Market players said the new norms were more suited for online brokers, where clients were typically internet savvy.

Why NSE deferred announcement of FY19 results

Why NSE deferred announcement of FY19 results

Rediff.com6 May 2019

NSE's board was to approve on Friday the annual financial statement for the year ended March 31, 2019, but it decided to defer the matter till its legal team firmed up a view on Sebi's order, sources said.

Indian tea companies smell opportunity as Sri Lanka crisis brews

Indian tea companies smell opportunity as Sri Lanka crisis brews

Rediff.com26 Apr 2022

As the economic crisis in Sri Lanka - the world's largest exporter of orthodox tea - continues to rage across the island nation, tea producers in India look to cash in on the opportunity to seize the market. The country's largest tea growing company, McLeod Russel India, expects orders to come in from July. "A huge opportunity is coming up for everyone in India. "McLeod Russel is well placed because we have the capacity for orthodox tea," said Azam Monem, director, McLeod Russel. About 10 per cent of McLeod's production is orthodox tea.

India opts out of RCEP as 'key concerns not addressed'

India opts out of RCEP as 'key concerns not addressed'

Rediff.com4 Nov 2019

India has been forcefully raising the issue of market access as well as protected lists of goods mainly to shield its domestic market as there have been fears that the country may be flooded with cheap Chinese agricultural and industrial products once it signs the deal.

Rogue ARCs must be punished

Rogue ARCs must be punished

Rediff.com6 Jan 2022

Why can't we have a sunset clause for the ARCs, which is a global norm? questions Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

IAF releases details of recruitment plan under Agnipath scheme

IAF releases details of recruitment plan under Agnipath scheme

Rediff.com19 Jun 2022

Agniveers once enrolled into the Indian Air Force, will be governed under the Air Force Act 1950, for a period of four years.

India holds out at final RCEP talks, all eyes on Modi

India holds out at final RCEP talks, all eyes on Modi

Rediff.com3 Nov 2019

The agenda prepared by ministers will be discussed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other RCEP leaders in Nonthaburi, a city north of Bangkok, on November 4, the official deadline to close talks.

How to rewrite India's toy story

How to rewrite India's toy story

Rediff.com18 Jul 2021

The earliest ones included whistles shaped like birds, toy monkeys that could slide down a string and small carts made from materials found in nature such as sticks, clay and rocks. While there might be no disputing India's rich toy-making tradition, the industry is languishing for lack of investment and technology, and also owing to competition from cheap imports. And though it has been listed among 24 key sectors under the government's Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, the question remains: will this push help place it in the global game? Currently, 80-odd per cent of the toys sold in India are imported - nearly 60 per cent of them from China.

EPFO to pay 8.5% interest for FY20 in two instalments

EPFO to pay 8.5% interest for FY20 in two instalments

Rediff.com10 Sep 2020

The remaining 0.35 per cent will be credited in December this year, if the EPFO is able to redeem its equity investments.

NSE Mess: 'Chitra was wrong'

NSE Mess: 'Chitra was wrong'

Rediff.com2 Mar 2022

'She violated NSE procedures and rules, corporate governance norms; Chitra acted maybe within her capacity as MD and CEO, but not in the right spirit.'

More middle-class Indians making big gains from bourses

More middle-class Indians making big gains from bourses

Rediff.com23 Nov 2021

In stock market parlance, "meme stock" was certainly the word of the year. Coined to mean those stocks that gain sudden popularity on the internet with resultant high prices, it was used to derisively describe the behaviour of retail traders globally who entered the market in huge numbers in the two Covid-19 years. A recent study, "Market Concentration and Retail Participation in India", by the National Stock Exchange economics team led by their chief economist Tirthankar Patnaik shows unlike these impressions, the retail investors, at least in India, have not performed inconsistently.

Conflicts should be resolved by peaceful means: BRICS

Conflicts should be resolved by peaceful means: BRICS

Rediff.com5 Sep 2020

The BRICS stressed on resolution of conflicts in a declaration issued after a virtual meeting of foreign ministers of the member nations of the grouping. The meeting was attended by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

Why Indian Labour Conference has been postponed

Why Indian Labour Conference has been postponed

Rediff.com21 Feb 2018

At the 47th ILC, scheduled for February 26 and 27 in Delhi, trade unions and employers were to discuss key issues related to employment and social security coverage to workers

Budget 2020: Farm experts pitch for scrapping GST on agri-inputs

Budget 2020: Farm experts pitch for scrapping GST on agri-inputs

Rediff.com18 Dec 2019

Bharat Krishak Samaj demanded that the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana should be replaced with a new crop insurance and compensation scheme.

Why Ashok Chawla quit as NSE chairman

Why Ashok Chawla quit as NSE chairman

Rediff.com11 Jan 2019

The move comes after CBI gets sanction to prosecute him in Aircel-Maxis case

'Vaccine hesitancy has more or less gone'

'Vaccine hesitancy has more or less gone'

Rediff.com11 Oct 2021

'Demand is wonderful. We have crossed 10 million on many days.' 'The Swedish trade commissioner recently said, "You guys are vaccinating the entire Sweden in one day".'

Lame duck Pompeo wants to shape US foreign policy

Lame duck Pompeo wants to shape US foreign policy

Rediff.com14 Nov 2020

China remains the elephant in the room and has to be tamed, which the United States alone is unable to do and therefore calls allies to come on board.

India, US eyeing to ink 5 pacts during Trump's visit

India, US eyeing to ink 5 pacts during Trump's visit

Rediff.com21 Feb 2020

Ahead of his India visit on February 24-25, Trump said that India has not treated his country 'very well' on the trade front and indicated that a 'very big' bilateral deal with New Delhi may not be signed before the American presidential election in November.

China's rising threat to India's exports

China's rising threat to India's exports

Rediff.com30 Jul 2018

Chinese manufacturers are re-routing their products through the markets of other countries that India has Free Trade Agreements with.

Modinomics Ain't Right. It's Hindu-Left

Modinomics Ain't Right. It's Hindu-Left

Rediff.com31 Jan 2022

It is in no way a government of the economic Right. The Right is limited to religion and nationalism. The rest is as Left as the Congress or any other party, observes Shekhar Gupta.

As Yaas rolls in, fishermen rue absence of insurance scheme

As Yaas rolls in, fishermen rue absence of insurance scheme

Rediff.com25 May 2021

The cover provided under the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, which is a vital safety net for them, ended almost a year back on May 31, 2020. Ever since, there hasn't been much progress on the higher insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakh promised under the newly launched Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, reports Sanjeeb Mukherjee.

Infosys Q3 net profit up 11.8% at Rs 5,809 cr

Infosys Q3 net profit up 11.8% at Rs 5,809 cr

Rediff.com12 Jan 2022

The Bengaluru-based company had registered a net profit (after minority interest) of Rs 5,197 crore a year ago, a regulatory filing said. Infosys' revenue grew 22.9 per cent to Rs 31,867 crore in the quarter ended December 2021 from Rs 25,927 crore in the year-ago period, it added.

It's not end of the road for promoters of defunct companies

It's not end of the road for promoters of defunct companies

Rediff.com12 Aug 2016

Several promoters of suspended companies have floated new entities or taken board seats in other listed companies, which are functional, trading

Beware of Xi's secret army!

Beware of Xi's secret army!

Rediff.com22 Jan 2021

India, Taiwan and countries with large numbers of Tibetans, Uyghurs and overseas Chinese will be prominent among those that witness elevated United Front activity, notes Jayadeva Ranade, the distinguished China expert and retired RAW officer.

Want to invest in Corporate FDs? Read this

Want to invest in Corporate FDs? Read this

Rediff.com5 Nov 2020

When looking for alternatives, consider several parameters -- your investment horizon and liquidity requirement, post-tax returns, and risk.

A win-win for traders, brokerages and exchanges

A win-win for traders, brokerages and exchanges

Rediff.com2 Jul 2018

With equity and commodity exchanges allowed to enter each other's areas from October, brokerages are pump-priming their businesses to allow their clients seamless trading in commodities and equities.

Coffee Day stares at bankruptcy as asset sale fails to make headway

Coffee Day stares at bankruptcy as asset sale fails to make headway

Rediff.com15 Apr 2021

Attributing the delay in debt servicing to a liquidity crisis, the company said its total indebtedness was Rs 518 crore.